Abstract

We present a NetLogo model of an infestation of ‘Zombies’ in a city environment. Our model oﬀers hope to those who may have been dejected by previous mathematical modelling of zombie attack, which painted a bleak picture for the survival of humanity under most scenarios. We show that factors alluded to in a genre deﬁning paper [8], but not incorporated into their mathematical model, are of essential importance in survival scenarios for humans in the face of zombie inﬁltration - in particular humans’ higher speed and capacity to gain in skill through experience. Thus in our model we observe the full triad of possibilities: zombie-win, human-win and stalemate. This demonstrates the usefulness of Agent Based Models to complement analytical approaches.